374 Pages
by
Routledge
374 Pages
by
Routledge
374 Pages
by
Routledge
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Here is a pioneering volume that explores adolescent homosexuality around the world. Social scientists examine the personal experiences of gay and lesbian teenagers from culture to culture and address the problems and obstacles these young people face. The changing contexts, values, and goals of societies worldwide are affecting how these adolescents adapt to being homosexual, and this compelling... Read more
Contents
Adolescent Homosexuality: Preface
- Introduction: Gay and Lesbian Youth, Emergent Identities, and Cultural Scenes at Home and Abroad
- The Formation of Homosexual Identities
- Widening Circles: An Ethnographic Profile of a Youth Group
- Parental Influences on the Self-Esteem of Gay and Lesbian Youths: A Reflected Appraisals Model
- Sappho Was a Right-On Adolescent: Growing Up Lesbian
- The Development of Male Prostitution Activity Among Gay and Bisexual Adolescents
- Male Prostitution and Homosexual Identity
- Gay Youth and AIDS
- Lesbian and Gay Youth in England
- Gay Liberation and Coming Out in Mexico
- Growing Up Gay or Lesbian in a Multicultural Context
- Youth, Identity, and Homosexuality: The Changing Shape of Sexual Life in Contemporary Brazil
- To Be 20 and Homosexual in France Today
- Gay Youth in Four Cultures: A Comparative Study
- The Life Course of Gay and Lesbian Youth: An Immodest Proposal for the Study of Lives + Index
Biography
Gilbert Herdt
